Sawahikari Yukio

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Sawahikari Yukio
沢光 幸夫
Personal information
BornYukio Sawamukai
(1941-06-18) 18 June 1941 (age 80)
Saroma, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Career
StableTokitsukaze
Record254-211-24
DebutSeptember, 1956
Highest rankKomusubi (July, 1964)
RetiredNovember, 1964
Championships1 (Jūryō)
Special PrizesOutstanding Performance (1)
Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars1 (Tochinoumi)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Sawahikari Yukio (born 18 June 1941 as Yukio Sawamukai) is a former sumo wrestler from Saroma, Hokkaidō, Japan. He made his professional debut in September 1956 and reached the top division in November 1963. His highest rank was komusubi. He left the sumo world upon retirement from active competition in November 1964.

Career record[]

  • The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.
Sawahikari Yukio[1]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1956 x x x Not held (Maezumo) Not held
1957 Shinjo
3–1
 		 East Jonidan #112
4–4
 		 West Jonidan #89
6–2
 		 Not held East Jonidan #33
5–3
 		 West Sandanme #91
3–5
 
1958 West Sandanme #98
4–4
 		 West Sandanme #89
4–4
 		 West Sandanme #86
7–1
 		 East Sandanme #41
4–4
 		 West Sandanme #36
4–4
 		 West Sandanme #33
6–2
 
1959 West Sandanme #17
3–5
 		 East Sandanme #23
5–3
 		 West Sandanme #8
6–2
 		 West Makushita #74
5–3
 		 West Makushita #66
5–3
 		 West Makushita #50
5–3
 
1960 East Makushita #41
0–3–5
 		 West Makushita #52
2–6
 		 West Makushita #61
7–1
 		 East Makushita #41
4–3
 		 West Makushita #35
3–4
 		 East Makushita #38
6–1
 
1961 East Makushita #23
5–2
 		 East Makushita #14
5–2
 		 West Makushita #8
3–4
 		 West Makushita #10
4–3
 		 East Makushita #6
4–3
 		 West Makushita #3
5–2
 
1962 West Jūryō #18
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #8
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #7
7–4–4
 
1963 West Jūryō #7
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #8
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
12–3
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #12
10–5
F
1964 West Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #4
8–7
O★		 East Komusubi #1
2–13
 		 East Maegashira #7
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #14
Retired
0–0–15
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sawahikari Yukio Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 16 September 2012.


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